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Availability of a series system with replacement and repair

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

B. B. Fawzi  and
A. G. Hawkes
B. B. Fawzi
Affiliation:
University College of Swansea
A. G. Hawkes*
Affiliation:
University College of Swansea
*
∗ Postal address for both authors: Department of Management Science and Statistics, University College of Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, UK.
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Abstract

We consider two models for the reliability of a series system of components with spares, serviced by a single service facility. Replacement of failed components by a spare has pre-emptive priority over repair of the failed components; the models differ in whether interrupted repairs resume from where they left off, or restart from the beginning. We find the availability of such systems: numerical results indicate that this is insensitive to the shape of the repair-time and replacement-time distributions. We also obtain the distribution of system downtime for these models.

Keywords

DOWNTIMEPRE-EMPTIVE PRIORITY

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Research Papers
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Journal of Applied Probability , Volume 27 , Issue 4 , December 1990 , pp. 873 - 887
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1990 

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